Hampshire is Active

Students learn to be producers and creators of knowledge,rather than passive consumers of information.

Hampshire students engage in substantial independent research and creative work as they explore the questions that most concern them (rather than simply responding to questions posed by teachers).

Hampshire's learning process is

active, collaborative, inquiry-based;

discussion-rich, project-driven, writing-intensive;

challenging, pushing students beyond what they think they can achieve.

Hampshire is Multidisciplinary

The curriculum at most colleges is organized around traditional academic disciplines, such as biology, history, or mathematics, in separate departments. This departmentalization of subject areas artificially fragments the curriculum and disconnects ideas that are inherently linked.

Hampshire's curriculum is organized around five broadly interdisciplinary Schools: